THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1881.
We are glad to see that the police are alive to the existence of " sly grog-shops" in our midst. Although a case of the kind recently broke down, the fact does 'not lessen the strength of the conviction that there are places where illegal traffic is, carried on. It is manifestly unfair to the publicans, who have to pay a heary license fee, to allow any person to sell alcoholic liquors without being duly licensed to do so, and the sooner such houses are closed the better will it be for society generally. It is surprising that individuals should, by demanding liquor, lead the owner to keep it in the house, and it shows how great their respect for the law must be when they willingly lend themselves in aiding people to break it, In our opinion, the individual who obtains liquor at an unlicensed establishment is equally as guilty as the vendors, who by ministering to the wants of a Bacchanalian devotee place themselves within reach of She law, and deserve to be fined for their offence against the Licensing laws.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3760, 15 January 1881, Page 2
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196THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1881. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3760, 15 January 1881, Page 2
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